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Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

NR ★ 6.5/10 90 min War United States English
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay by: Robert Pirosh, Richard Carr
Story by: Robert Pirosh
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This is the living hell for heroes

Description

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

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Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen Pvt. John Reese
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin Pvt. Dave 'J.J.' Corby
Fess Parker
Fess Parker Sgt. Bill Pike
Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino Sgt. Jim Larkin
James Coburn
James Coburn Cpl. Frank Henshaw
Mike Kellin
Mike Kellin Pvt. Stan Kolinsky
Joseph Hoover Capt. Roger Loomis
Bill Mullikin
Bill Mullikin Pvt. Joe Cumberly

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